Chapter 386 — Treasure Hunting in the Courtyard
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Gu Mengyao nodded. Indeed, it seemed Wei Zhao was not the type to go prying into other people's affairs. She and Xiaoshu lived upstairs, and yet Wei Zhao had never once gone up there. Keeping Weiwu Jiangjun there now seemed rather pointless.
Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu headed back inside the mansion to rest. The two of them had been digging for ages. Yesterday afternoon they had dug nonstop, starting from the moment Wei Zhao left, and then they had gone at it all day again today. They were utterly exhausted.
Both were covered in sweat and dirt, Shen Yushu even worse off, her face smudged with mud. So the very first thing they did was charge straight for the bathroom in the second-floor bedroom, intending to take a shower and change out of those clothes before anything else.
Once the two had gone, Wei Zhao picked up the treasure map Shen Yushu had given him and took a look. He nearly toppled right over on the spot. Was this even a map? Could it get any more brain-dead?
There on the map was drawn a dog. By its appearance it looked like a miniature version of Weiwu Jiangjun, perhaps from the dog's younger years? Beside Weiwu Jiangjun stood a punching sandbag, and on the opposite side of the sandbag sat two schoolbags.
The location of the treasure was determined by triangulating between these three items, and the method was actually reasonably precise. The problem was, where on earth was Wei Zhao supposed to find all of these things?
Weiwu Jiangjun was alive and could move; the sandbag had long been lost to God knew where; and those two schoolbags were probably Gu Mengyao's and Shen Yushu's, likely already broken and thrown away by now.
Wei Zhao was more than speechless. A treasure map like this could only have been drawn by Shen Yushu - it was something else entirely. No wonder they had a map but still hadn't dug up anything. Having this map was the same as having none at all.
The young miss had truly assigned him a formidable task.
Wei Zhao frowned at the treasure map without making a move. He did not have the time or the patience to turn over every single inch of the courtyard. He needed to find a shortcut.
Wei Zhao tossed aside the Luoyang shovel in his hand. He had no idea where the two girls had managed to dig up such a rare item. Had they watched too many TV dramas? They weren't tomb raiders, and yet they had made such a show of procuring a Luoyang shovel? For digging dirt in one's own courtyard, a regular iron shovel was more than enough.
Wei Zhao naturally did not know that Uncle Qing had gone to enormous trouble yesterday to get this Luoyang shovel. The young miss had called him and asked for one. When Uncle Qing asked what she needed it for, she said it was for digging up treasure.
Uncle Qing didn't dare ask too many questions - what if it involved some sort of secret? So he hurriedly pulled every string he could, and finally managed to get his hands on a Luoyang shovel, the kind you only ever read about in novels...
Wei Zhao turned and walked into the mansion. He saw Weiwu Jiangjun still sitting blankly at the foot of the stairs, faithfully and strictly executing Gu Mengyao's orders.